Principal Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

Job description

### Responsibilities - Principal Engineers are expected to be leaders of projects and project teams and responsible for managing project man-hour budgets and scheduling of department man-hours - Strong technical skills and an ability to mentor and assist staff in all aspects of electrical design, including I&C specifications and selection - Supervise and monitor project staff, ensuring that engineering packages are completed on time and within budget for the project they are responsible for - Ability to analyze, design, and produce engineering packages for clients and prepare instrumentation specifications for purchase - Ability to establish and maintain good business relationships with key client contacts throughout the project - Extensive knowledge of required design codes and the knowledge to establish design criteria and ensure staff is following proper protocol - On-site interface with client engineering representative and other discipline engineers - Review, check, and analyze design drawings prior to client submittals - Responsible for ensuring that documents produced by the team members follow both internal and client quality standards ### Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Electrical or Controls Engineering - 10-15 years (or more) of experience working in a Power Generation, Distribution, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and/or Industrial engineering environment - Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred - Must possess exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills - Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future ### Technical Competencies - Low voltage power distribution system design and layout - Instrumentation identification and installation package development as well as application design, including data sheets, loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, instrument lists, input/output lists, and scope of work development - Instrumentation skills including reading or developing P&IDs, Instrument selection and specifications, control valve and primary element sizing, instrument loop diagrams, location plans and installation details, and interconnection and wiring diagrams - Distributed Control System interface design experience - Electrical heat trace design - Development of wiring diagrams and schematics